Urban Collaborative Internship Application

Ali McQueenU rban Co llabo rative I nternsh i p Appli cati o n

Master's CandidateLandscape Architecture 2014

Cover Image: ‘Noli Leaf.’ Digital. 2011.

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UBC:Terminal ProjectKinetic ArchitectureOmiya-Dori RevitalizationKC Rainwater DemonstrationJust In Time: VisioningArtwork

1Our terminal project was to create a place where design and planning students could collaborate at the University of British Columbia.Image: Birdseye view of the McKenzie Quad. Mid-term presen-tation. Sketch-Up, Hand details, and Photoshop.

IPDTerminal StudioInstructor: John RowellWinter & Spring 2011

To encourage collaboration, my design used the building as a �exible container that ‘social build-ing blocks’ of di�erent scales could be plugged- in. These ‘blocks’ could be shifted to evolve with changing times and needs.

Minimize private, maximize collaborative.

Private nooks.

Formal meeting spaces.

Social spill-over circulation.

Flexible, creative gathering spaces.

Image: ‘Late night in studio.’ Final presentation. Sketch-up, Artlantis, and Photoshop.

IPDTerminal StudioInstructor: John RowellWinter & Spring 2011

UBC requested that the our designs be show-cases of sustainability. I focused primarily on eliminating the concept of waste, and on treat-ing what precious little water our world still possesses.

Image: Sectional perspective with water treatment diagram overlay. Final presentation. Sketch-up, Artlantis, and Photo-shop.

UBC requested that the our designs be show Image: Sectional perspective with water treatment diagram

2When studying abroad in Vancouver, Canada, I took part in a Kinetic Architecture course. With collaborators Michael LeClere and Daniel Frey, we designed a retractable canopy for a commer-cial alley.

Images: Computer rendering of an open fan (left) and a closed fan (right). Solid Works and Soft Image.

Sectional Stacking Diagram

Repeated Plan Diagram

Kinetic Arch.Vancouver,BC. AbroadInstructor: Stephen DuffSpring 2011

Images: Final model (left) and perspective of alley in ink (right).

33In Kyoto, Japan, I worked with Peter Baker and Nick DiFrank on revitalizing the Omiya-Dori Dis-trict. Our design created a pedestrian corridor that utilized a pocket park system and exposed rainwa-ter channels to guide visitors. The pocket parks also acted as water treatment facilities.

3-step water filtrationCorridor diagram.

Plan of example pocket park.

Omiya-DoriDesign StudioInstructor: Ron LovingerSpring 2009

Image: ‘Nijo Walk.’ Water color.

In Kyoto, Japan, I worked with Peter Baker and Nick DiFrank on revitalizing the Omiya-Dori Dis-trict. Our design created a pedestrian corridor that utilized a pocket park system and exposed rainwa-ter channels to guide visitors. The pocket parks also acted as water treatment facilities.

4I have had the fortune of participating in the organization, designBridge, for about 3 years now. The project that I comanaged consisted of placing a rain-water catchment system at a local com-munity garden.

A new drainage system and educational materials about catchment were also created.

Rain DemodB Independent ProjectAdvisor: Juli BrodeFall 2010-Winter 2011

Images: Plan (left), East elevation (top right) and West elevation (bottom right).

In Kyoto, Japan, I worked with Peter Baker and Nick DiFrank on revitalizing the Omiya-Dori Dis-trict. Our design created a pedestrian corridor that utilized a pocket park system and exposed rainwa-ter channels to guide visitors. The pocket parks also acted as water treatment facilities.

In Kyoto, Japan, I worked with Peter Baker and Nick DiFrank on revitalizing the Omiya-Dori Dis-5In the spring of 2011, I volunteered to help a community member in visioning what a holistic, rehabilitation community might look like. The resultant renderings are also tools to help raise funds.Image: ‘Nurturing Garden.’ Ink and pastel.

Just In TimedB Independent ProjectClient: Teresa RhoadsSpring 2011

6Images: Autzen Footbridge,’watercolor (top left). Landscape sketch, calligraphy pen (bottom left). ‘Tokai-an: Garden of the Soul,’ watercolor (right).

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